After diving into Lovecraft horror last year, Frogwares is continuing this year. Last night, the studio officially announced The Sinking City 2
In the summer of 2019, Frogwares released The Sinking City together with Bigben Interactive. Since then, the Ukrainian development studio has focused primarily on the Sherlock Holmes franchise.
The remaster of Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened released last year already offered a good dose of Lovecraft horror, so we can look forward to seeing how the studio continues to delve into the spooky universe with The Sinking City 2.
As Frogwares explains in its press release, they want to reinvent themselves with The Sinking City 2 and take a “horror first “ approach. With this in mind, the gameplay will focus primarily on Combat, Exploration and Lovecraft-Setting To create the right atmosphere, the studio relies on Unreal Engine 5.
Layers of Fear, which was released last year, already showed that the engine is very well suited to horror settings.
Despite the focus on Lovecraft horror, Frogwares has not forgotten its investigative roots. In The Sinking City 2, too, there will be opportunities for detective investigations, but these are entirely optional.
Players should decide for themselves when and where they want to become sleuths in order to uncover new secrets, lore elements and new paths
Frogwares asks the community for help again
The ongoing war in Ukraine continues to hamper Frogwares’ development work. That’s why the development studio is once again turning to its community for help and asking for funding via Kickstarter. CEO Wael Amr himself explains how important the help of the fans is:
Through Kickstarter and our supporters, we have built a safety net that has saved us more than once
saved us once. From power outages when our electrical infrastructure was under attack for months, to having to relocate team members at very short notice. This financial safety net has been invaluable to us. That’s why we need to
The Sinking City 2, because this game is much bigger and more complex.
The Sinking City 2 Kickstarter campaign is set to launch soon. Anyone who would like to support the studio in its development can do so here here. The horror game is expected 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S to be released.
